You could well be right, at least for those who are doing an IT course. I do know a couple of people who got into it in their early teens though, way before college (one when he was 12). And OFC, as discussed in the other thread, there's quite a few greybeards.. ;)

The main change I've seen is that Gentoo is no longer trendy. Personally I think that's a good thing, as the users who are here, or newcomers, aren't looking for a quick rice, but have deeper motivations for choosing Gentoo, and are thus a better fit, more willing to take time to learn, and indeed capable of maintaining their install over time.

kurly wrote:

What about those of us whose age is evenly divisible by 10? Which category do we pick, since we belong in two groups as-is?

What about those of us whose age is evenly divisible by 10? Which category do we pick, since we belong in two groups as-is?

It could have been better phrased.

But it is ambiguous only if someone is answering on the day of their birthday when their age becomes a multiple of 10. The rest of the time, one is that age plus a number of days. Which puts it decidedly in the upper category. (In fact, this being Gentoo, it could be parsed according to C-like array semantics of "up to but not including".)

I have to say, I am a surprised. I would have expected many more college nerds and a few professionals/hobbyists. The statistics seem to show the reverse. That just shows I shouldn't go into marketing._________________First things first, but not necessarily in that order.

I just noticed that for the first time that I've been looking my age bracket (50-60) has lost the lead, and those young 30-40 whipper-snappers are out front.

Which reminds me that several years ago my mother was telling me about an older friend of hers saying, "Well he's young!" The party being referred to as "young" was in his 60's and the party doing the referring was in her 90's.

My mom always said that getting old is the pits, but I say getting old beats failing to. (Besides, as long as I've got my main squeeze at my side, the journey is generally fun.)_________________.sigs waste space and bandwidth

What about those of us whose age is evenly divisible by 10? Which category do we pick, since we belong in two groups as-is?

It could have been better phrased.

But it is ambiguous only if someone is answering on the day of their birthday when their age becomes a multiple of 10. The rest of the time, one is that age plus a number of days. Which puts it decidedly in the upper category. (In fact, this being Gentoo, it could be parsed according to C-like array semantics of "up to but not including".)

In modulus 40 for example, the numbers look better in the lower set because you have no remainders.
40 = 0, 39 = 39, 38 = 38, etc.
So I would say it belongs to the lower set itself._________________Gentoo on Uptime Project - Larry is a cow

I can see now that in 25-59 interval Gentoo usage is evenly distributed, i think that is a good sign _________________"Dear Enemy: may the Lord hate you and all your kind, may you be turned orange in hue, and may your head fall off at an awkward moment."
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After consulting with steveL, poll categories adjusted to the consensus (I think) on how it should've been interpreted anyway.

It's okay everyone, I voted correctly.
I correctly assumed that when they said "25 to 30" they meant "25 <= age < 30", thus putting me into the higher bracket. It's just that I've not been 30 for very long, so it is hard to think of myself in that next group. You can make me grow older but you can't make me grow up! (Ha!)

Prenj what's wrong with "Let me tell you about the War"?
I can and that's what I clicked.
If you must know I'm 86.

Gerard._________________To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
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